Taxodiomyia taxodii
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cecidomyiidae | Genus: Taxodiomyia
Hosts: Taxodium ascendens / Taxodium distichum
Detachable: integral
Color: orange, red, green
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: spindle
Season: Summer, Fall
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Alignment:
Walls:
Location: bud
Form: tapered swelling, abrupt swelling
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy: Pending...
Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Insect enemies of Eastern Forests
“
Itonida taxodii (Felt) makes the cypress leaf gall, a conical, globular or elongate deformation of the leaf.
”- FC Craighead: (1950) Insect enemies of Eastern Forests©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42072666#page/528/mode/1up
Further Information:
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